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Romania Shoots Down Three Drones in Three Days
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The Story
Romania said its F-16 aircraft shot down three drones over or near its airspace and territorial waters from July 24 to 26, including incidents near the Danube Delta and the Ukrainian border. Prosecutors identified the first drone as Russian and Shahed-type, while investigations into the later two remained ongoing. The interceptions mark a more active Romanian response to recurring drone incursions linked to fighting near Ukraine's Black Sea ports.
First Article: 07/26/26
Latest Article: 07/30/26
The Bigger Picture
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07-29-2026
Arkansas Online / Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda
Romanian F-16 pilots destroyed three Russian drones over three days in Romanian airspace after escalating incursions along NATO's eastern flank.
07-29-2026
NWAonline
Romanian F-16 pilots shot down three Russian-origin drones over Romanian territory near Ukraine during intensified Russian attacks across the border.
07-28-2026
Global Banking & Finance / Barnali Pal Sinha
Russia's Foreign Ministry rejected Romania's airspace violation claims as Romania expelled a Russian diplomat and F-16 pilots shot down three drones over three days.
07-28-2026
Yahoo
Russia's Foreign Ministry said Romanian complaints about alleged drone airspace violations were unfounded on July 28, after Romania expelled a diplomat and F-16 pilots shot down three drones.
07-28-2026
U.S. News
Moscow Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova rejected Romanian drone airspace violation claims on July 28 after Romania expelled a Russian diplomat and reported F-16 drone shootdowns.
07-28-2026
San Bernardino Sun / Stephen McGrath
Romania used F-16 fighter jets and authorized lethal interception after repeated Russian-origin drone incursions since February 2022, including a Galati crash.
07-28-2026
ABC News / Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda
Romania began shooting down Russian-origin drones with F-16s and counter-drone munitions after repeated border incursions since 2022, escalating diplomatic protests in 2024.
07-28-2026
Boston Herald
Romanian F-16 pilots destroyed three Russian-origin drones over Romanian airspace during three days of intensified Russian attacks near Ukraine.
07-28-2026
Reuters
Romanian F-16 pilots shot down three drones over Romanian airspace during three days of Russian attacks on Ukraine, while Moscow denied the violations on July 28.
07-27-2026
Kyiv Post
Romania spent about €1.5 million over three days to shoot down three Russian drones using AIM-9X missiles launched by F-16 jets, amid repeated drone incursions near the border.
07-26-2026Kyiv Post
Romanian authorities reported an F-16 shootdown on July 26 after investigations linked a July 24 drone to a Russian Shahed-type loitering munition near the Black Sea.
07-26-2026
Newsweek / Ellie Cook
Romanian officials reported a Sunday F-16 interception of a suspected drone near Sulina at 10:13 a.m., days after NATO aircraft conducted similar counter-UAS intercepts.
07-26-2026ABC News / Sam McNeil and Vadim Ghirda
Romania shot down a suspected Russian Shahed-type drone on Sunday near Sulina-Chilia using NATO-coordinated F-16 intercepts from Fetești airbase.
07-26-2026
SeattlePI / Sam McNeil
Romanian F-16 jets under NATO command shot down a suspected Russian Shahed-type drone over the Black Sea on Sunday near Sulina-Chilia.
07-26-2026
Newsmax / Sam McNeil
Romania, using NATO-coordinated F-16 intercepts, shot down a suspected Russian drone over the Black Sea near Sulina-Chilia on Sunday, a third incursion in three days.
07-26-2026
Fortune / Sam McNeil, Vadim Ghirda
Romanian Air Force F-16s shot down a suspected Russian drone over the Black Sea on Sunday, following repeated Shahed-type incursions and amid MEROPS counter-drone acquisition.
07-26-2026Yahoo
Nicușor Dan said Romanian Air Force F-16 jets shot down three drones in three days, including a Shahed-type UAV, near the Danube Delta and eastern Romania.
07-26-2026Newsmax
Romania conducted an F-16 interception of a Russian drone over the Black Sea near Sulina on Sunday amid repeated unauthorized airspace incursions since the war began.
07-26-2026Reuters
Romania reported three Russian Shahed-type drone shootdowns near Sulina on July 26, after repeated airspace breaches prompted NATO and diplomatic investigations.
07-25-2026Yahoo
Romania reported July 25 that two F-16 jets intercepted and shot down a second drone breaching airspace near Sfantu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta after radar detection at 8:22 a.m.
07-25-2026
NBC News
Romania used radar detection and F-16 fighter jets on Saturday to shoot down a drone breaching national airspace near the Danube Delta border with Ukraine.
07-25-2026Global Banking & Finance Review / Luiza Ilie
Romania reported on July 25 that radar detected a drone airspace breach and two F-16s intercepted a second downed drone near the Danube Delta.
07-25-2026Yahoo / Luiza Ilie
Romania reported F-16 interceptors shot down a second drone breaching airspace near Sfantu Gheorghe in the Danube Delta on July 25.
07-25-2026
Euromaidan Press / Benjamin Murdoch
Romanian Air Force F-16 jets intercepted and destroyed an unauthorized drone over Romania’s uninhabited Ukraine-border area on July 25, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
07-25-2026
WENY
Romanian forces used an F-16 to shoot down a drone breaching Romanian airspace near the Ukrainian border as Ukraine and Russia exchanged drone-related strikes in 2024.
07-25-2026U.S. News & World Report
Romania used radar detection and two F-16 jets to shoot down a drone breaching airspace over the Danube Delta near Sfantu Gheorghe on July 25.
07-24-2026
WTVB / Luiza Ilie
Romania reported an F-16 shot down a Shahed-type drone after an airspace breach on July 24, near Padina and Sulina on the Black Sea coast.
07-24-2026Yahoo
Romania said on Friday President Nicusor Dan reported an F-16 shot down a drone after radar detection near Sulina on the Black Sea coast.
07-24-2026Global Banking & Finance Review / Luiza Ilie
Romanian President Nicusor Dan said an F-16 shot down a drone on July 24 after radar detection near Sulina on the Black Sea coast.
07-24-2026
Euronews
Romania's Ministry of Defence said an F-16 shot down a drone during an air-policing mission Friday over uninhabited airspace near Padina, northeast of Bucharest.
07-24-2026Yahoo
Nicusor Dan said on Friday that a Romanian F-16 shot down a drone intruding into Romania airspace near the Black Sea coast.
07-24-2026
Fox News / Efrat Lachter
Romanian officials said an F-16 shot down an unauthorized drone over Buzău County Friday, the first intercept and destruction of such a drone inside Romania airspace.